In Their Own Words: How The Americans With Disabilities Act Changed People's Lives

I was born in 1947. And in 1949, there was another polio epidemic and I had polio. When I was 5 years old, my mother took me to school to register me. And that was the first time that I think they really understood that having a disability meant not being equal, because the principal denied me admission into the school because I was a fire hazard. And I had no kindergarten.

We were being disregarded, not having ramps, not having accessible bathrooms, not being able to get across the street, not being able to get on buses, not being able to get in trains, being denied the right to go to school. And then as you were going to colleges and universities, also being denied the right to study in fields that we wanted to because universities had prejudice about the kinds of jobs that they thought we could do.

One of the important parts I think of the celebration of the ADA, in my view, is what's going to happen the day after. The issue is the ADA will continue to go forward. The average person needs to understand why what the disability community is arguing for is not just for us, it's for everybody.

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I was literally told by my insurance today that a prosthetic limb is not DME (durable medical equipment.) When you fight for months upon months only to be denied or ignored, then this legislation and insurance doesn’t work for the well being of ALL disabled people.

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Wait, Trump didn't revoke it?

This hits home for me because I am 1/4th retard on my mom’s side. Many people think that just because this doesn’t directly impact them that it isn’t a real problem.

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One Laid Groundwork For The ADA; The Other Grew Up Under Its PromisesDisability was once seen as a personal health problem. President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans With Disabilities Act into law in 1990, expanding disability rights beyond federally funded spaces. I remember when places tried to implement the AwD. Thoughtless angles on ramps, thoughtless placement of doors, no direction. 1/2 2/2 when I had a knee surgery and I tried all the accommodations, it really hit home. Had a talk with maintenance and powers that be, they made changes. That was just for physical accommodations. So many other aspects of the law. Well ... it was a a hella difficult struggle to get any POTUS to sign disability rights protections. And there’s more fighting to do.
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